Hastings Airfield

Hastings Airfield - Freetown
	Hastings
	Hastings
Characteristics
ICAO code	GFHA
IATA code	HGS
Coordinates	8 ° 23 '37 " N , 13 ° 7' 54" W Coordinates: 8 ° 23 '37 " N , 13 ° 7' 54" W.
Height above MSL	38 m (125 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	20 km southeast of Freetown
Basic data
operator	Sierra Leone Airports Authority
Start-and runway
09/27	1220 m × 20 m asphalt

The airfield Hastings ( English Hastings Airfield ) is a small airfield in Sierra Leone near the capital Freetown . Mainly charter flights start from here. It is managed and operated by the Sierra Leone Airports Authority (SLAA).

The expansion of the airfield into an airport is planned (as of February 2015). It will then serve as a hub for national flights. Previously, the airfield was threatened with complete closure and conversion to another use.

As of 2004, the headquarters of the Republic of Sierra Leone Air Wing should be relocated here.

Line bus traffic

The airfield was the home base of Eagle Air in the 2000s and 2010s . Eagle Air operated the routes to Bo , Kenema and Yengema .

Trivia

A largely dilapidated machine ( aircraft registration 9L-LBR ) of the type Embraer EMB 110 of Inter Tropic Airlines has been located near the runway since 2002 . She was involved in an aircraft accident.

Web links

Aeronautical chart for Hastings Airfield on SkyVector.com

Official site of the airfield (English)

Photo of the 9L-LBR

Individual evidence

^ Airports Board Chairman Tours Hastings Air-Field. Awareness Times, February 10, 2015 ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / news.sl
^ Sierra Leone Airports Authority. Ministry of Transport and Aviation. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
↑ FUTURE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AIR WING. RSLAF. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
↑ Kevin McPhillips; Travel: Sierra Leone Flights, Freetown Flights - Kevin McPhillips Travel - Eagle Air . Sierraleonetravel.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
^ Accident description. Aviation Safety. Retrieved March 31, 2017.

[1] Airports Board Chairman Tours Hastings Air-Field. Awareness Times, February 10, 2015 ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / news.sl

[2] Sierra Leone Airports Authority. Ministry of Transport and Aviation. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

[3] FUTURE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AIR WING. RSLAF. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

[4] Kevin McPhillips; Travel: Sierra Leone Flights, Freetown Flights - Kevin McPhillips Travel - Eagle Air . Sierraleonetravel.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2010.

[5] Accident description. Aviation Safety. Retrieved March 31, 2017.